| John Trotter Brockett - 1825 - 296 Seiten
...venomous a nature that whenever it crept over a horse, cow, or sheep, the animal so touched became afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of its limbs. To repel this imaginary evil, it was customary to close up the shrew alive in a hole bored... | |
| John Trotter Brockett - 1825 - 298 Seiten
...venomous a nature that whenever it crept over a horse, cow, or sheep, the animal so touched became afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of its limbs. To repel this imaginary evil, it was customary to close up the shrew alive in a hole bored... | |
| William Hone - 1828 - 514 Seiten
...threw-moute over the part affected : for it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it...continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a jsAreiw-ash at hand ; which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was... | |
| William Hone - 1828 - 468 Seiten
...shrew-mouse over the part affected : for it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it...and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb. Again« this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefather! always kept... | |
| 1835 - 466 Seiten
...shrew-mouse over the part affected : for it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so banefid and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it...forefathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when ouce medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus :— Into the body of... | |
| Jacob Grimm - 1835 - 934 Seiten
...part affected. for il la supposcd that a shrewmouse is u! so baneful and deletcrious a naturc, tliat wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheep, llie sufiering animal is afJlicled wilh cruel anguish , aud threatened with the lofs of the use of... | |
| Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 Seiten
...shrew-mouse over the part affected : for it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheep, the suffering animal is 1 Much nearer to the metropolis than Selborne, and in days later than those alluded to by White, the... | |
| Thomas Bell - 1837 - 554 Seiten
...Mouse over the part affected ; for it is supposed that a Shrew Mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheepj the suffering animal ia afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use... | |
| 1842 - 538 Seiten
...affected: for it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that whenaver it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheep,...threatened with the loss of the use of the limb. Against Ibis accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a shrew-ash... | |
| John Brand - 1842 - 312 Seiten
...that a shrew-mouse is of so haneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a heast, he it horse, cow, or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted...anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limh. Against this accident, to which they were continually liahle, our provident forefathers always... | |
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